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Who we are: Literacy Unlimited is a group of volunteers that tutors adults in English as a second language, basic literacy, citizenship and GED preparation. Established in 1986 and housed in the Framingham Public Library, Literacy Unlimited is a member of Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts and ProLiteracy America. We are supported with a combination of public and private funding.
The mission of Literacy Unlimited is to provide a solid, comprehensive program for training and supporting volunteers to teach basic reading, writing and/or math skills to adult learners, including those for whom English is a foreign language. We are dedicated to increasing public awareness of the need to eliminate illiteracy in our community and expanding the availability of educational programs that accomplish this. We hold the belief that literacy strengthens society and promotes equality among its members.
The tutoring we offer is confidential, individualized, student-centered, and free of charge. Adult learners and tutors, who usually work one-on-one, are carefully matched and supported to insure the best opportunity for the student to reach his/her individual goals. Typical goals our students achieve include becoming employed or become better employed, getting citizenship, finishing a GED, getting a driver's license, learning to read to their children or simply becoming confident to function in our community.
Friends of Literacy Unlimited, Inc.
www.friendsofliteracyunlimited.org
The Friends of Literacy Unlimited believes that literacy strengthens society, promotes equality among its members and helps individuals realize their full potential.
Donations are always needed and may be made to Friends of Literacy Unlimited, Inc., a 501c(3) corporation, at 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702
or
donate online.
Contact Us
Literacy Unlimited is located in the Main Library of the Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington Street, Framingham, MA 01702.
The office is located on
the main floor to the right after the lobby elevator. You will see the tutoring room. Go through it to the office.
Telephone: 508-532-5574.
Email: fplmail4@minlib.net
Office Hours
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Open |
Closed |
| Monday |
9:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
| Tuesday |
9:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
| Wednesday |
9:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
| Thursday |
9:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
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News and Events
Would you like to be trained to be a volunteer tutor and
help an adult learn English or to read and write?
Literacy Unlimited will be conducting three training sessions for volunteer tutors this Fall, one in Basic Literacy (teaching someone to read and write) and two in ESOL (English for Speakers of other Languages), one in the daytime and one in the evening. The times and dates are the following:
Basic Literacy: Framingham Public Library, Tuesdays 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, Oct 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Nov 2 and 9.
ESOL day: Morse Institute Library, Natick, Mondays 10:15 am – 1:15 pm, Oct 18 and 25 and Nov 1, 8, 15 and 22.
ESOL evening: Framingham Public Library, Wednesdays 6 – 9 pm, Sept 15, 22, and 29 and Oct 13, 20, and 27.
Knowledge of a foreign language is not needed, but we ask volunteers to make a year’s commitment to tutoring a student two hours a week (vacations allowed, of course).
To register or obtain more information send an email to fplmail4@minlib.net
or call 508-532-5574.
Are you learning English? Practice speaking and
listening at our drop-in conversation groups on Mondays from 7:00-8:30pm
(beginners) and Wednesdays from 1:00-2:30pm (advanced) in the J Program Room,
Main Library. Computer assistance each Thursday from 1:00-2:30pm in the tutoring
room.
The Literacy Unlimited student waiting list to have a personal tutor for either learning English or learning to read or write will be open Tuesday, September 7 – Friday, September 10 from 9 am – 7 pm each day. Please come to the Literacy Unlimited office at the main branch of the Framingham Public Library during those times to sign up.
Framingham Public Library has received
a Library Services and Technology Act
Conversation Circles grant for $12,500 to be
used over the next two years in the Literacy
program. With help from this grant, the Literacy
Unlimited program will establish additional conversation
groups and purchase learning resources in a variety of
media to be used by Literacy Unlimited students.
Monthly Bake Sale Café Resumes!
Saturday September 18, 9:30am–1:00pm
Literacy Unlimited’s Monthly Bake Sale Café resumes
on the day of the Library’s first book sale of the season.
After buying some great bargain books, stop by the café
for coffee, tea, and pastry.
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